Guard for bottle-corks.



W R BARRINGER GUARD FOR BOTTLE CORKS- APPLICATION men {511.115.1911. 7 I

Patented 0017. 23, .1917.

srarns Parana WORTH R. BARRINGER, or DENVER, COLORADO, ASSIGNOR TO THErUB'LIc SAFETY DEVICE COMPANY, OF DENVER, COLORADO, A CORPORATION or COLORADO.

GUARD FOB, BoTirLE-cORKs.

will prevent the cork being withdrawn by children, or by adults unintentionally when the contents of the bottle are of a poisonous nature. 7

It is another object of my invention to provide a device of the above character constructed from a single piece of sheet metal which may be easily applied to or removed from a bottle of conventional form.

It is a more particular object of the invention to provide a bottle cork guard formed from sheet metal and including a split annular band to clampingly engage around the bottle neck and one or more guard fingers projecting from one edge of the band and adapted to be bent around the beaded edge of the bottle neck and clownwardly upon the cork, the terminals of the fingers being pointed and angularly bent to project above the cork.

And it is a further general object of the invention to provide a device for the above purpose which may be inexpensively manufactured, may be repeatedly used on bot- 'tles of various sizes, and 1s very serviceable and convenient for the purpose in view.

With the above and other objects in view, my invention consists in the novel features of construction, combination and arrangement of parts to be hereinafter more fully described, claimedand illustrated in the accompanying drawing, in which,

Figure 1 is aperspective view showing one embodiment of my invention applied to the neck of a bottle;

Fig. 2 is a top plan view;

Fig. 3 is a plan view of the guard before application to the bottle;

Fig. 4 is a perspective view showing a slightly modified form of the device; and

Fig. 5 is a detail plan view of the latter construction,

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed February 16, 1917. Serial No. 149,095.

Patented Oct. 23, 1917.

Referring in detail to the drawing and more particularly to Figs. 1, 2 and 3 thereof, B designates the bottle having a neck N in which a cork or stopper G of conventional form, is adapted to be inserted.

My improved guard device is cut or stamped from a piece of sheet metal to protle, the metal strip or band 5'isengaged upon one side of the bottle neck N and bent around the same into close contact therewith and with the fingers 7 projecting upwardly above the upper edge of the bottle neck. These fingers are then bent around the bead on the upper edge of the bottle neck, as shown at 8, and the pointed terminals of the fingers, indicated at 9, are angularly bent to project above the cork. It

will thus be apparent that should the bottle be placed upon a shelf with numerous other bottles containing non-poisonous materials, the poison containing bottle equipped with the guard will not he accidentally removed and the cork extracted without warning. The upwardly projecting points 9 of the guard fingers will prick the fingers of the hand when an attempt is made to withdraw the cork, thus warning the person of the dangerous character of the contents of the bottle.

In Figs. 4 and 5 of the drawing, I have shown a slightly modified form of the device wherein the metal strip or band 5 is centrally provided with a single guard finger 7 to be bent over and upon the cork in the manner above described. The terminal 9 of this finger which is sharply pointed, is curved or bent outwardly at the center of the cork and will operate in a like manner to the first described form'of the device to prevent the accidental removal of the cork from the bottle.

From the foregoing description, taken in connection with the accompanying drawing, the construction and manner of use of my improved bottle cork guard will be ,clearly and fully understood. AS, the guard -metal, it will be manifest that the same can be manufacturedin large quantities atcomaratively small cost so that the device can e used for advertising purposes. The im proved guard may, however, be separately sold'in the form illustrated in Figs. 3and 5 of the drawing and readily applied to the bottle by the individualpurchaser. After the contents of the bottle have been consumed, the guard device may be readily removed and applied to another bottle.

l/Vhilelhave herein shown and described the preferred construction and arrangement of the several parts of the device, it is to be understood that the device is'susceptible .of considerable modification and I; therefore, reserve the privilege ofadopting all such legitimate changes as may be fairly embodied within the spirit and scope of the invention as claimed.

Having thus fully described my invention,- what I desireto claim and secure by -L'ett'ers Patent is: I 25 1. A bottle cork guard formed from a sin- Uopi es of this patent may be obtained for gle piece of sheet metal and including a band adapted to extend around and clampingly engage a bottle neck, said band being provided with a guard finger extending from one edge thereof and of such a length as to overlie the outer end of a cork inserted in the bottle neck and to have itsfree terminal extend outwardly from the cork.

2. A bottle cork guard formed from a single piece of sheet metal and including a In testimony whereof I hereunto affixmy signature in the presence of two witnesses.

WORTH R. BARRINGER.

Witnesses:

D. W. PnTnRsoN, F. L. APPELL.

five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. U. 

